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Huastec|ˈwɑːstɛk|
Also Huasteca, Huastek, Huaxtec, Huaxteca.
[ad. Sp. huasteco, huaxteco.]
a. An Indian people inhabiting parts of Mexico; a member of this people.
b. The language of the Huastecs.
1845Trans. Amer. Ethnol. Soc. I. 4 A comparison of near three hundred words of the Mexican, Otomi, and Huasteca, exhibits but very few, and perhaps accidental, coincidences. 1875H. H. Bancroft Native Races Pacific States I. vi. 674 The Huastecs, Huaxtecs, Guastecs, or Cuextecas inhabit portions of the states of Vera Cruz and Tamaulipas. 1914T. A. Joyce Mexican Archæol. vii. 196 The presence of a spout distinguishes Huaxtec pottery from Mexican. 1931T. Gann in Gann & Thompson Hist. Maya i. 11 The Huaxtecas..were evidently a section of the people left behind in their old home. 1946S. G. Morley Anc. Maya iii. 39 The Maya-speaking, Maya-appearing Huasteca never shared with the Maya of the Yucatan Peninsula the latter's unique culture. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet i. vii. 123 The Huastec..already separated from the main stock in ancient times. 1955Amer. Speech XXX. 126 Huastek. |